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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Dearborn County, Indiana
Adjacent to Dearborn County, Indiana
▶ Franklin County (48) ▶ Ohio County (7) ▶ Ripley County (27) ▶ Boone County, Kentucky (34) ▶ Butler County, Ohio (106) ▶ Hamilton County, Ohio (180)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| | Aurora was laid out by Jesse L. Holman, trustee for the “Aurora Association for Internal Improvements” in 1819. Judge Holman was an early statesman, preacher, educator, and Federal Justice.
His son, U.S. Congressman William S. Holman . . . — — Map (db m22105) HM |
| | The large brick house nearby was Baker's Drovers Inn. This highway was the early state Manchester & Lawrenceburg Turnpike. A short distance from here was a Toll-Gate house. — — Map (db m143035) HM |
| | Originally called Forest Hill, Hillforest was completed in 1855 for local industrialist and steamboat owner Thomas Gaff and his family. Emigrants from Scotland in 1811, the six Gaff children moved with their mother to Aurora in the 1840s and became . . . — — Map (db m22125) HM |
| | Legend has it that a ferry has operated near this location close to the mouth of Hogan Creek since 1802. The early ferries were powered by two horses walking on treadmills connected to a paddle wheel. The relationship between the small town of . . . — — Map (db m66904) HM |
| | From atop the schoolhouse, built in 1905, my voice has rung out - beckoning boys and girls to school: clanged out the call for help to fight fires: peeled forth joyous tunes of victory at wars ends: tolled the old year out and rung in the new. . . . — — Map (db m45993) HM |
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The town was laid out by Mathias Whetstone in 1830, and named for General James Dill, soldier in the War of 1812, first county recorder, a member of the Indiana 1816 Constitutional Convention, military associate and friend of Generals William . . . — — Map (db m45884) HM |
| | On July 13, 1863, General Morgan's raiders looted a tavern in this Community. The Irish-born and agitated proprietor, James Murtaugh, protested, but without any luck. The tavern was an Inn with a dance hall on the second floor, which could be . . . — — Map (db m86240) HM |
| | Marched east along this road on Monday, July 13, 1863 in his raid across Southern Indiana. — — Map (db m86241) HM |
| | Second Oldest Roman Catholic Church in Indiana. Established 1824. Original log meeting house replaced by frame church in 1842. First brick edifice erected 1847. Present church dedicated October 19, 1879. — — Map (db m86237) HM |
| | Side 1 Veterans of the Revolution buried here include Capt. Joseph Hayes, Lt. Solomon Hayes, and Thomas Miller, Sr. (PA), and Alexander Guard (NJ).
These patriots were among the first pioneers in the Northwest Territory. The Guard family . . . — — Map (db m149372) HM |
| | Erected 1821 by early settlers as a Methodist Church on land donated by John Ewbank. Services were held continuously for more than 125 years. Maintained by endowment fund. — — Map (db m86236) HM |
| | Marched east along this road on
Monday, July 13, 1863
in
his raid across Southern Indiana — — Map (db m100081) HM |
| | Built 1879
Original Design by Archibald M. Kennedy and Sons
Additional Structural Supports added in the early 1900s to sustain heavier loads produced by Guilford's rail commerce
Moved from Yorkridge Rd to park in 1960
Damaged by . . . — — Map (db m87947) HM |
| | Abraham Lincoln made a famous pre-inaugural speech from his train platform near here Feb. 12, 1861, placing emphasis on the people's part in justice and good government. — — Map (db m20600) HM |
| | Plaque One
Captain Samuel C. Vance
Our Founder Plaque Two
In memory of Captain Vance and the pioneer families who endured the hardships of flatboat travel to reach this place in the wilderness.
They lived in log cabins . . . — — Map (db m20604) HM |
| | Formed by proclamation of Indiana Territorial Governor William Henry Harrison March 7, 1803. Named in honor of Major General Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War.
The third county to be formed, it was originally much larger. Its present boundaries . . . — — Map (db m22103) HM |
| | In Honor of the Soldiers of
the American Revolution
buried in Dearborn County
Their names are recorded in the
County Auditor's Office
Book 29 - Page 250. — — Map (db m22174) HM |
| | KOREAN WAR
This plaque is dedicated
in grateful remembrance
of the men of Dearborn
County who served their
Country in the Korean War.
In God we trust — — Map (db m22173) WM |
| | Honor Roll
In Grateful remembrance of the boys of Dearborn County who gave their lives in the World War 1917 - 1918.
Erected by the Citizens of Dearborn County, Indiana
Walter Ahrens Henry Fred Amm Elmer Andrews Hobart S. . . . — — Map (db m22203) WM |
| | WORLD WAR II
For God and Country
This tablet is erected
in honor of the men who
answered their country's
call and gave their lives
for freedom — — Map (db m22175) WM |
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1812 Jacob Horner buys lot #157, builds log tavern on corner.
1817 Jesse Hunt leases Horners Tavern.
1818 Hunt purchases and removes log tavern.
1819 Hunt builds first 3-story brick building in Indiana, Benj. Stockman, brick . . . — — Map (db m22033) HM |
| | Born in Lawrenceburg, became a famous engineer who built the Eads Bridge arched over the Mississippi at St. Louis and jetties at New Orleans. During the Civil War President Lincoln commissioned him to design and build ironclad gunboats for the Union . . . — — Map (db m66910) HM |
| | Birthplace of two Indiana Governors. Albert Gallatin Porter, eighteenth Governor (1881-1885), born here April 20, 1824, died Indianapolis, May 3, 1897; and Winfield Taylor Durbin, twenty-fourth Governor (1901-1905), born here May 4, 1847, died . . . — — Map (db m66907) HM |
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1802 - - Village of Lawrenceburgh founded in the Wilderness by Capt. Samuel C. Vance
Commerce and travel are via the Ohio River. Pioneers
constructed flatboats to carry goods to New Orleans
Markets. The “Kaintucks” . . . — — Map (db m22029) HM |
| | Dearborn County
Medal of Honor Citations
Civil War
Name Awarded
Pvt. William Shepherd - - May 3, 1865
Pvt. Frank Stolz - - July 9, 1894
Pvt. David H. Helms - - - July 26, 1894
Pvt. Thomas A. Blasdel - - - August 11, . . . — — Map (db m22171) HM |
| | - - -( Center Section )- - -
( Center - Memorial )
+ + + THE PRICE OF FREEDOM + + +
Dedicated in Honor of All men and women
who have served in the Armed Forces and
Sacrificed Unselfishly for the Freedom of
the United States of . . . — — Map (db m22301) WM |
| | Army Captain Samuel Colville Vance was a surveyor for the United States government living in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1802 he purchased all the land comprising the original town of "Lawrenceburgh." At that time the land was part of Hamilton County, . . . — — Map (db m66906) HM |
| | In Memory of our Vietnam Veterans Killed in Action
Vietnam War 1959 - 1975
Dedicated July 4, 2000
Lary Dale Fogle U.S. Army PFC - - Killed in Action December 20, 1965 - Saigon, South Vietnam
Thomas George Denning U.S.M.C. LCPL . . . — — Map (db m22037) HM |
| | In God We Trust
In Grateful remembrance of the men of Dearborn County who gave their lives in the Vietnam War, erected by the Citizens of Dearborn County, Indiana.
Honor Roll, first column:
William Omer Burkett Thomas Denning . . . — — Map (db m22202) WM |
| | Marched east along this road on
Monday, July 13, 1863
in
his raid across Southern Indiana — — Map (db m100080) HM |
| | General Morgan and his raiders struck New Alsace on Monday, July 13, 1863. Here at St. Paul Church, Father Roman Weinzapfel was celebrating Mass at 8:30 a.m. when the Raiders stole his horses. Today, the church appears much as it did in 1863. Across . . . — — Map (db m100078) HM |
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(Front Side)
The Whitewater Canal and the Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal joined in Harrison to provide better access to Cincinnati markets and Ohio River. Indiana Internal Improvement Act 1836 authorized Whitewater Canal; completed from . . . — — Map (db m66869) HM |
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July 8, 1863. Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and 2,000 cavalrymen crossed the Ohio River into Indiana. They were transported from Brandenburg, Kentucky, on two captured steamboats. For six days, the Raiders rode through Southern . . . — — Map (db m66873) HM |
| | During the afternoon of July 13, 1863, General John Hunt Morgan crossed the Whitewater River a few hundred yards north of this point. His exhausted men were strung out behind him, but managed to burn the wooden bridge once the straggling ranks were . . . — — Map (db m66875) HM |
| | By July 1863, the American Civil War had entered its third brutal summer. In the East, Confederate forces commanded by Robert E. Lee successfully turned back repeated Union attempts to capture the Southern capital at Richmond. General Lee even . . . — — Map (db m66872) HM |
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